An event series celebrating the innovators, rule breakers, creatives, products and businesses putting Sydney on the map. We're bringing  them together for collaborative, fun and interactive sessions to inspire you with all the cool  and entrepreneurial things going on in our city or made right here in Sydney.
Declan Lee has certainly forged a unique life path. Whilst attempting to combine 2 rather disparate career paths as both a physiotherapist (specialising in hand injuries) and as a DJ in the early 90’s, it became clear his life trajectory was always going to be full of twists and turns. Soon after leaving his physio skills on hold, he was instrumental in the establishment of the world’s biggest electronic music brand in Australia – Ministry of Sound. His greatest achievement so far however is the rise and rise of Gelato Messina.Â
 Jennifer is the appetite behind one of Australia’s longest running food & travel blogs, I Ate My Way Through. Using the blog as a launching pad to her entrepreneurial journey, Jen has been blogging for just over ten years and in business for over six years. Together with a team of contributors and tour guides, they use food as a common ground to connect and inspire readers, both online and offline, about different cultures, cuisines, social habits and eating traditions. Jen is also a digital marketer and runs The Bamboo Garden, a digital marketing & PR agency helping food and lifestyle brands to maximise their online presence.
Schooled in Newtown but more interested in skateboarding and guitar, Oscar joined the Hell City Glamours and spent 13 years touring Australia and the world making music, memories and not much money. For a bit over six years he worked behind bars, crafting his skills and refining his tastes as a master mixologist, amateur psychologist, raconteur, confidant and bon vivant. This led to meeting Richard Adamson and starting Young Henrys together.
Hailing from NYC, Hannah is a creative with a keen interest in what makes people tick. She has spent the past 8+ years designing, strategizing, and building in digital spaces with a human-centric approach.
Having collaborated with small startups, large corporations, and everything in between, she believes that understanding people and purpose will always be the life blood for creating successful products and services; small and large companies alike.
Hannah was part of the pioneer team for ustwo Sydney – the newest edition of the global digital product studio. As a senior product designer, her focus runs deep in visual and interaction design with a healthy dose of user research and product strategy. Other superpowers include illustration, workshop facilitation, and overplaying 80-90s hits on Sonos.
Chad has worked at Future Classic since it first began in 2004 and in recent years became a co-director of the company alongside Nathan McLay and Jay Ryves. Initially working in promotions and marketing at FC, he currently oversees the A&R department working with artists including Flume, Chet Faker, Ta-ku, Flight Facilities, Jagwar Ma and Wafia.
Mike is a Product Innovation Consultant at ThoughtWorks, where he works with clients to explore and define viable products for production. Products can be anything from a digital product through to a complex service involving the orchestration of many products.
Mike leads the local chapter of the Interaction Design Foundation, and is also a Thinking Instructor with the School of Thinking.
He considers Product Management to be like playing in a jazz band, demanding the ability to play with the band and break out into a solo as required in a context of high ambiguity.
Mina joined deliveroo in September 2015 as one of its first APAC employees and has been responsible for leading Deliveroo's market entry, expansion and consolidation in Sydney. Deliveroo is now the market leader in Sydney's food delivery space.
Prior to joining Deliveroo, Mina was a consultant for Bain & Company, where he advised clients in the Private Equity, Financial Services and Media sectors. Previously Mina co- founded INCUBATE, an award winning startup accelerator. He has also served in the Australian Army and on Not For Profit boards.
Dr Kingsley Jones is Founding Partner/CIO for Jevons Global, a global investment firm. He has been:
Portfolio Manager for the Macquarie Global Thematic Fund; Global Head of Quantitative Trading Research and a member of the Australian Value team at AllianceBernstein LP; head of Quantitative Research at CFSB in Sydney; and a Quantitative Analyst at County Investment Management. Kingsley holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Bristol (1990), and a BSc (hons) from ANU
(1984), a CFA and is affiliate member of the MTA. He is a commentator on CNBC and developed the cost-basis theory of market sentiment.
General Assembly (GA) is a global educational company. Focusing on the most relevant and in demand skills across data, design, business and technology, General Assembly is empowering a global community to pursue work they love through best-in-class instruction and access to opportunities. GA works with students online and in person across 15 campuses around the world and thousands of companies as partners in course development and graduate placement as well as through GA’s corporate training and development business. Additionally, GA’s focus on affordable and accessible education combined with our education-to-employment approach is helping to create a diverse talent pipeline.